# Things that infuriate you well beyond their actual importance **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 4, 2024, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712 "2024-09-04T02:18:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 8
**Author:** ![Cheesesteak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheesesteak/32/3694_2.png) [@Cheesesteak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheesesteak)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2024, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712/141 "2024-09-06T18:14:55Z")
> [@Machine\_Elf](#): > > Every now and then I work up the nerve to honk at them It was you behind me at the entrance to the Garden State Parkway 2 days ago, wasn’t it? ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2024, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712/142 "2024-09-06T18:19:36Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > Someone told me once that Massachusetts used to prohibit right-on-red by default. New York City still does. (It’s allowed at a few intersections in Staten Island.) ---
**Author:** ![sunacres](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@sunacres](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sunacres)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2024, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712/143 "2024-09-06T19:06:29Z")
> [@Sicks\_Ate](#): > > Then the people calling in are sooooo excited to get on the radio thinking anybody actually cares about their stupid story. Hey hey hey, watch it now. You’re getting precariously close to describing us here on the Dope. ---
**Author:** ![Sicks\_Ate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2024, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712/144 "2024-09-06T19:09:26Z")
Ah yes, but we come here looking for it! All I want to hear on the radio in the morning is a two-fer of Journey, not some idiot who thinks he’s awesome because he was caller 7 and had the correct answer to a real stumper of a trivia question such as "How many moons does the third planet from the sun have? " ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2024, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712/145 "2024-09-06T19:26:38Z")
Deals not ringing up correctly at the grocery store. I make a quite good income and don’t have any problems making ends meet plus maintaining a decent nest egg, but for some reason I’m a cheapskate when it comes to groceries and my purchases will be driven by sales price. So if I see a little sticker on the $7.99 sub I’m about to buy that says I can get a meal deal that includes a soda and bag of chips for $10 I’ll go ahead and splurge. But if I see that I was charged face value $1.99 for the coke and $1.69 for the chips? Well, they might as well as held me at gunpoint while they lifted $1.68 from my wallet. ---
**Author:** ![Al128](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/al128/32/16541_2.png) [@Al128](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Al128)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2024, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712/146 "2024-09-06T19:41:16Z")
> [@Sicks\_Ate](#): > > "How many moons does the third planet from the sun have? " 🙋🏼 ---
**Author:** ![markn\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@markn\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markn_1)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2024, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712/147 "2024-09-06T22:44:53Z")
Before 2006: one 2006-2007: two 2008-2017: one 2018-2020: two 2020-present: one > **[How many moons does Earth have?](https://www.newscientist.com/question/many-moons-earth/)** > > The moon is Earth’s only permanent natural satellite, but other objects could be considered honorary moons. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2024, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712/148 "2024-09-06T23:31:04Z")
> [@Apodder](#): > > People smoking/vaping/whatever in public. I don’t want to smell that shit. Go home. Yep. Ciggies are the worst, but they don’t call weed 'skunkweek" for nothing. Toke up in private please- or at least with friends. > [@Hypno-Toad](#): > > When I want to buy a case of soda at the store, but it’s “But 3, get 1 free.” Yes you read that right. I think you mean " **Buy** 3 get one free? " Yep, my local Ralphs has that but it is often Buy 3, get 2 free- a great deal, but still. I get annoyed a LOT, even to the extent of a rant, when D&D players are called “murderhobos”. Now, I have gamed with some idiots who casually kill innocent NPCs and such- they are murderhobos. But in general, when I play or DM- we have a base, and we fight on the side of good, only killing evil monsters. So - not murderhobos. Things which annoy some people- but are not important- One or two spaces after a period. It doesnt matter. Get a life. Toilet paper roll the 'wrong way"-It doesnt matter. Get a life. ---
**Author:** ![Odesio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/odesio/32/20003_2.png) [@Odesio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odesio)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2024, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712/149 "2024-09-06T23:51:57Z")
When I order at the drive thru window, do not hand my food & drink to me at the same time. I have to awkwardly twist my torso so I can use my both hands in order to grab everything without risk of dropping it. Such behavior vexes me so. When crossing the street, do so at a 90 degree angle because it’s much quicker than if you’re walking at a 45 degree angle. I don’t mind waiting for pedestrians, but come on! ---
**Author:** ![BrickBat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac91a4/32.png) [@BrickBat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrickBat)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2024, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712/150 "2024-09-06T23:54:15Z")
> [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](#): > > Not sure how this thread is different from regular pet peeves, but one thing that annoys me is when I am watching a show and before the commercial break will be a “Coming up next” montage. Oh yeah, I know what you mean; seems to be common on cheesy documentaries. An irksome time-filler that is, and of course, they waste your time further when they return from an ad break by giving a recap montage of what has already happened. ---
**Author:** ![markn\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@markn\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markn_1)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2024, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712/151 "2024-09-07T01:03:50Z")
Similar is when at the start of a documentary they show innumerable scenes from the documentary, presumably to grab your interest. Despite generally high quality shows, Nova is particularly bad about this. I’ve seen quite a few that have about 3 MINUTES of preview at the start of the show. Goddam it, I’m already watching! Just start the content. ---
**Author:** ![MrAtoz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@MrAtoz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrAtoz)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2024, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712/152 "2024-09-07T01:31:45Z")
> [@markn\_1](#): > > Before 2006: one > 2006-2007: two > 2008-2017: one > 2018-2020: two > 2020-present: one It’s even more complicated than that: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CIqOsM6\_3Dw](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CIqOsM6_3Dw) (Link leads to a video of the British comedy quiz show _QI_) ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2024, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712/153 "2024-09-07T01:58:19Z")
> [@minor7flat5](#): > > They really annoy me, disproportionately so, because it just feels like I have been tricked. Huh, i feel like the YouTubers i watch who have paid content are pretty clear about it. “And while we are waiting for the water to boil, to I’d like to thank my sponsor, superpots, who gave me this awesome pot we are watching right now…” > [@Briny\_Deep](#): > > people ahead of me in line are allowed to pick and choose _just exactly_ the thing that would _most please_ their little selves at this special moment. Lol, i hope we shop at different places. Can i leave off the onion? Get my water without ice? Yes, please, let me customize it. > [@griffin1977](#): > > When a company demands your address to identify yourself on the phone, and insists on giving the zip code as well. Oh my God, that grinds my gears! My complaint is the opposite. I just gave you the zip, why the hell do you need me to recite the city and state. It’s encoded in the ZIP, damnit. And i could easily have googled it while you listened to me ranting. > [@crazyjoe](#): > > I live in X. NOT X Hills. But the zip code overlaps and so it ALWAYS chooses X Hills instead of my town when doing the lookup. Sometimes the lookups don’t even have my town, they just assume we’re all part of X Hills… Oh, yeah. I live in X, too. But there are two post offices in the town of X, and my post office is X Hills. So not only do you want me to recite my town, you don’t actually want the legal name of the town, you want the translation of the zip code. You know, the zip code i already gave you. ---
**Author:** ![Briny\_Deep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/briny_deep/32/17188_2.png) [@Briny\_Deep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Briny_Deep)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2024, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712/154 "2024-09-07T02:11:04Z")
> [@puzzlegal](#): > > Lol, i hope we shop at different places. Can i leave off the onion? Get my water without ice? Yes, please, let me customize it. Heh, fine, just make it snappy, OK? Don’t take the occasion to plumb the depths of your soul’s desires while I wait behind you and watch. 😃 I wanted to complain about something else, but it may be too “heavy” for this thread. I am extremely bugged by serious traffic crimes, like driving 100mph, or (I see this more and more) brazenly running red lights – not sneaking through at the end of a yellow, but just blasting through as if they don’t apply at all. I feel like people like this would hurt others for fun if given the chance – they’re symbols of total Mad Max lawlessness and I’m not just infuriated, I’m offended to my core. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2024, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712/155 "2024-09-07T02:49:15Z")
I think that is actually very important, and probably belongs in a different thread. ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2024, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712/156 "2024-09-07T03:00:33Z")
> [@minor7flat5](#): > > “You know, when the Apollo astronauts went to the moon, there was quite a bit of engineering and maths involved, and this can seem quite overwhelming at times. If you want to improve your mathematics why not try…” I’ve come across this often enough that my reflexes at hitting “fast forward” are now finely honed. I can now skip past this crap in a fraction of a second. I don’t care if I go too far and miss some actual content, I can’t stand the crap, especially after the attempted “clever” intro. > [@sunacres](#): > > I see the driver ahead of me flip an empty RedBull can into the bushes at the side of the road. For the next 20 minutes I can’t get the video out of my mind of me dumping a large trashcan of wet garbage into their car through their open driver side window. I’d feel exactly the same way. You can just bet that these folks (a) never recycle, and (b) after they put their shopping in their car, the best place for the shopping cart is … right where it is. Usually blocking someone else’s car. ---
**Author:** ![Briny\_Deep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/briny_deep/32/17188_2.png) [@Briny\_Deep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Briny_Deep)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2024, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712/157 "2024-09-07T03:11:17Z")
Yep. Let me try again. People at work who say “OH YEAH, I need to remember to do that!” If only there were some way to remember to do things, right? If someone would invent a calendar, or a task list, or a writing device, or a phone with notes and reminders built in, SOME method, ANY method, of remembering to do things without just holding them in your head, then people could remember things. But since there is no such thing that’s been invented yet, those who are not blessed with perfect memories are just hosed. Truly it is a tragedy and I’m filled with pity, yet there’s nothing that can be done for them. ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2024, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712/158 "2024-09-07T03:21:27Z")
I’m irrationally infuriated by jerks who park too close to my driveway. The thing is that there’s more than maybe 50 or 60 feet of empty space that they can pull forward into, but no, they have to park with the rear end of the car literally on the edge of my driveway. This makes it awkward for me to back out and turn around, and even more awkward if I need to back in, and virtually impossible if I ever needed to back a trailer in. It just bugs the hell out of me. My next-door neighbour occasionally parks a car there but he has the good sense to pull at least 5 feet beyond the edge of the driveway. These other idiots don’t. One time, one of them miscalculated and actually had the ass end of the car about a foot into my actual driveway entrance. With nothing but empty space way in front that they could have pulled into. That time, I actually went out and left a note on their windshield. It was quite polite but with an undercurrent of “next time use your brain and think about what how you’re parking”. That same car has reappeared several more times but it looks like they got the message. It’s really not complicated. And yes, thank you for asking, I am an Old Fart™ who yells at clouds and fends off kids on my lawn! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2024, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712/159 "2024-09-07T03:44:06Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > Yep, my local Ralphs has that but it is often Buy 3, get 2 free- a great deal, but still. I wonder what their software would do if you tried to buy 4. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2024, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712/160 "2024-09-07T03:54:27Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > One time, one of them miscalculated and actually had the ass end of the car about a foot into my actual driveway entrance. We had painters do this recently. But they were about 5 feet into my driveway. Yeah, i get it, you don’t want to carry stuff farther than you need to. But there’s room in the street, can’t you leave my driveway clear? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712.md?page=9)